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ing for a succession four or five of the best varieties. 

 Last year this list contained Rawson's Clipper, McLean's 

 Advancer, Yorkshire Hero, Shropshire Hero, and Strata- 

 gem. This year 1 dropped Shropshire Hero and added the 

 Jutio, Carter's Telephone, Station, Duke of York, Breck's 

 New Life, and Heroine to the list. These peas were plant- 

 ed April 28Lh, and the number of days required to grow 

 the bulk of the crop to market size is given in the follow" 

 ing table. 



From the above it will be seen that the Clipper, Station, 

 McLean's Advance, Breck's New Life, Juno, Duke of 

 York and Stratagem, furnish a good succession for family 

 uso, or for market, when planted on the same date. 



For a first early market pea where earliness and yield 

 are desired, I settled on Rawson's Clipper several years 

 ago, and have found nothing better. For an early pea for 

 family use, there is nothing better than Nott's Excelsior, 

 l)ut with me it is a few days later than •the Clipper and 

 does not yield as well. For a second early pea for market 

 the Station is excellent. It produces a bountiful supply 

 of large, well filled pods. Its quality is good and its most 

 valuable characteristic as a market pea is the fact that it 

 matures all the crop at once, and all the pods can be 

 gathered at two pickings. McLean's Advancer is an old 

 standby, and too well known to need description. For 

 years it has been considered the best second early wrinkled 

 pea and I consider it such to-day. 



Following McLean's Advancer comes Henderson's Juno 

 pea. This is of recent introduction and grows about 



